Was Anastasia Romanov real? Well the answer is yes!
On the left and lower right are pictures of the Real Anastasia and on the top right the young Anastasia from
the movie. Anastasia Nicholaevna Romanov was the youngest daughter of the Royal Romanov family. She
became the centerpiece of a world-famous mystery that would have thrilled the real Anastasia.
The Tsar's youngest daughter knew how to have fun.
She was spunky, carefree, a rebel without a cause, and impish!
Her nickname was "shvibzik", Russian for imp.
She was very wild and was thought to be the family joker. Always making practical jokes, mimicing her sisters, criticizing, etc.
But sometimes Anastasia's practical jokes went to far. One time Anastasia was teasing so ruthlessly that she slapped a little girl
across the face that made her face turn crimson! Another time, Tatiana made Anastasia so mad that she rolled a rock into a snowball
and threw it at Tatiana. The rock hit her sister in the face and knocked her to the ground. Though bright, the blue-eyed blonde was no pupil.
She would try in every way possible avoid the classroom! She would literally climb trees just
to stay away from school, and would not come down unless ordered to by her father. She liked
wearing Violette perfume, playing balalaika with her brother, playing her record player, sitting in the sun,
playin with her dogs Jimmy and Shvybzik, and loitering in her father's bathtub. She was very close to her father,
younger brother Alexis, and her grandmama Empress Marie. The family's troubles 
overtook Anastasia's teen
years.
If you've ever seen "Anastasia On Ice" in your town's arena and purchased the souvenir program check on page 6 where its titled "Journey to the Past", there's a photo typo.
It has a picture of the Grand Duchesses with Alexandra but they circled MARIE Romanov's face claiming to be Anastasia's! When really Anastasia is next to Marie! So they circled the wrong Romanov sister!
Thanks to my webpage partner M.S. who was lucky enough to go to Anastasia On Ice and caught this mistake!
I just found out there WAS a oval jewelry box like in the movie but it still wasnt Anya's fondest gift. In fact it wasnt Anya's at all! The music box from "AnastasiA"
is modeled after a Faberge egg that in 1885 Alexander III purchased for his wife, Empress Marie! Establishing a Romanov tradition of giving the eggs at Eastertime. It was made of gold,
jewels, and the eggs hinged lids when opened it would have a mechanical bird, minature ship, or a ballerina twirling. Click here to see the TRUE Romanov music box!
When the family was told to hide in Siberia, on account that the Revolutionists were
after them, 6 months later they asked the Romanovs to hurry to the basement to take their
portraits (the picture on the left is the last photo Anastasia took in Siberia 4 days before her death) before heading to Paris to meet with Nicholas' mother (Anastasia's grandma). But, alas
it was a trick! Soon 11 Bosheviks soldiers were shooting at the family. Nicholas and Alexandra
died quickly, but the princesses, still alive, were stabbed, after being shot. After the family's
murder several women appeared claiming they were Anastasia. All were proven false, including Anna
Anderson , the most famous imposter. To this day Anastasia remains a name of mystery. Historians
believe that Anastasia might have not died at all! Some say one of the soldiers took pity on Anastasia
and dragged her out of the basement and Anastasia, unconsious, might have moved on with her life.
Others say they burned her body along with that of her younger brother. She would have been a professional
photographer if it wasn't for her tragic death. We might not really know what
happened in fact we might never know,....what happened to Anastasia Romanov.
General information about Anastasia
Birthday: June 18, 1901
Hobbies: climbing, running,
playing, and loitering
Appearance: short, dumpy,
blue-eyed blonde with a slight reddish luster
Family Reputation: joker,
rebel, wild, comical one, youngest and stubborn
Quick parts of the movie that was real in Anastasia Romanov's Life
No, Anastasia's fondest gift from her grandmama was a French porcelain doll.
Yes, the picture was painted by Anastasia with watercolors and was a gift for her father. Click here to see it!
Yes, before Rasputin died, he knew beforehand so he wrote a letter cursing the Romanovs! Go here to read it!
Yes, they 1st destroyed the Alexander palace then came after the Romanovs in Siberia.
No, totally untrue! Marie and Anastasia weren't even together when Anastasia was killed!
Yes, Marie set a 8 million dollar reward for retrieving her granddaughter Anastasia!
Yes, when Marie set the reward several young women trained by con-men, came to tryout
and trick her.
No, Anastasia died with her family together. And when Anastasia died she was 17 not 8.
Ooh well then you have to visit my Dimitri and Vladimir pages to find out if they were real or not!
Yes, after they were killed the diggers undressed them and took their jewels and icons to resell them.
Few things people don't know about Anya!
There's a few things people dont know about Anastasia and pasts unnoticed! For example, did you know that when Anastasia was 16 she began to smoke secretly?
Yes! With Russia's hard times and revolts becoming constant and the tsar's popularity decreasing, Anastasia became nervous and tense which led her
to smoke when she became stressed. She would take a walk in the garden and smoke cigarettes without her parents knowing. Sometimes Olga would join her.
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